1st Edition

Detection and the Prevention of Leaks from Dams

By A. Plata Bedmar, L. Araguas Copyright 2002
    434 Pages
    by CRC Press

    The book describes in twelve chapters the modern tools available for the detection and prevention of leaks from dams and reservoirs, including water chemistry, isotope analyses, artificial tracers, permeability tests, geophysical methods and techniques for the localization of water flows both inside the reservoir and boreholes. Numerous case studies are presented corresponding to studies of more than thirty dams performed by researchers in eighteen different countries.

    Biography

    A. Plata Bedmar, L. Araguas

    "A valuable contribution to seepage studies". Journal of Hydraulic Engineering , ASCE, December 2003.